James Alan Miller

Auspex Systems, Inc. and Legato Systems, Inc. today announced that the latest operating system for Auspex’s NS2000 series of Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers has been certified for interoperability with Legato(R) NetWorker(R) 6.0.1 backup and recovery software. The certification, according to the companies, leverages the TurboReplicator backup/restore software included in Auspex’s NetOS 3.01. TurboReplicator allows […]

Ultra ATA/100 technology vendor CMD Technology, Inc. today announced the shipment of its CMD Medley ATA Software RAID, which provides RAID 0 (“Striping”), RAID 1 (“Mirroring”), and RAID 0+1 (“Mirrored/Striping”) levels for the IDE Hard Disk Drive (HDD) marketplace. “Our number one goal with CMD’s Medley ATA-based RAID is to provide the highest reliability, data […]

Fujitsu Softek(TM) and DataCore(TM) Software today announced they have entered into a strategic alliance whereby DataCore will act as the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) to Fujitsu Softek and its new Softek Storage Virtualization(TM) product. The storage virtualization solution will be based upon DataCore’s storage networking and virtualization technology. “The joint venture with DataCore enables us […]

Storage virtualization vendor DataCore(TM) Software today announced the addition of Troika Networks (TROIKA) to the DataCore SANvantage(TM) Technical Partner Program. Through the alliance with TROIKA, `Powered by DataCore’ storage virtualization solutions benefit from TROIKA’s intelligent controllers and management software for storage networks. “TROIKA addresses the demands of today’s business-critical applications by providing storage networking and […]

Storage management software vendor Legato Systems Inc. today announced it has won a contract from London Underground, which has 3 million passenger journeys made a day serving 275 stations over 408 km of railway. The contract, forming part of a substantial IT infrastructure project currently underway at London Underground, is for Legato(R) NetWorker(R), the company’s […]

Rackspace Managed Hosting today announced a partnership with storage applications vendor LAND-5 to offer a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device to its customers’ servers. The Rackspace NAS is aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses and costs approximately $1,500 per month. “Once again, Rackspace has brought innovation to the hosting marketplace,” said Farouk Al-Nasser, president and […]

TrueSAN Networks, Inc. today announced a strategic agreement with QLogic Corporation to embed the QLogic SANbox(TM) 8 and 16 port Fibre Channel switches and the SANblade(TM) 2200 Series host bus adapter (HBA) technologies in TrueSAN’s Paladin(TM) C-series. The Paladin C-series is a new line of network storage systems and software that, according to TrueSAN, brings […]

Bioinformatics solutions provider Viaken Systems Inc. today announced that EMC Corporation has recognized Viaken as an EMC Proven(TM) E-Infostructure(TM) certified company. This announcement expands on Viaken’s existing relationship with EMC, enabling Viaken to provide life science organizations with fast, reliable, and scalable storage solutions. The EMC E-Infostructure Proven Program, according to the companies, identifies Internet-based […]

Storage management software and services providerAlphaStor(TM) today announced that it has expanded server support for the 1.3 release of its AlphaStor product suite to include Windows(R) 2000. “The 1.3 release of AlphaStor provides our customers with greater alternatives in choosing servers, libraries, and drives,” stated Denise Reier, Vice President of Marketing for AlphaStor. “With AlphaStor, […]

According to Gartner Dataquest, the worldwide storage management software market is forecast to grow from $5.3 billion in 2000 to $16.7 billion in 2005. This year alone, the storage market is expected to grow 26.4 percent in 2001, to $6.6 billion. “SANs, intelligent storage appliances and new data replication techniques will transform the way storage […]

Gigabit fiber optic solutions provider Finisar this week announced its intention to support the iSCSI protocol standard across its SAN Analysis and Test products Finisar plans to support all of the current and emerging SAN topologies: Fibre Channel, Infiniband and now Storage Over IP. Finisar intends to introduce iSCSI support in products to be released […]

Storage Computer Corporation this week announced the release of its CyberNASTM optically interfaced Network Attached Storage (NAS) system. According to the company, CyberNAS can deploy up to 32 TB of storage from a single system and is capable of direct OC-48c Packet over SONET (2,500 megabits/second) optical connectivity to metropolitan and wide area networks. The […]